Newslinks for Monday 13th June 2016

Cameron tries to step out of Remain limelight

“Today, he will effectively hand over the campaign to keep Britain in the EU to Gordon Brown and Jeremy Corbyn in response to growing fears that traditional Labour voters will back Leave next week. In a move that echoes the final desperate days of the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, the Prime Minister will let his Labour predecessor take the lead in the hope Mr Brown can reach working-class voters.” – Daily Mail

Patel criticises the Prime Minister for ‘demeaning’ bid to scare OAPs

“David Cameron has been blasted for scaring OAPs in a “demeaning way” by one of his Ministers in an extraordinary row over pensions. In a withering attack, Brexit-backing Jobs Minister Priti Patel tore into the Prime Minister for warning the Tories may have to axe pension benefits if the nation votes to leave the EU.” – The Sun

Labour leader launches ‘rescue bid’ as Labour supporters back Brexit

“Jeremy Corbyn has agreed to lead an all-out blitz for the Remain camp this week after internal party assessments warned that Labour’s traditional voters were “haemorrhaging” towards Brexit. As the referendum campaign enters its final full week, reports from Labour’s regional directors are “bad, very bad”, one senior party figure admitted last night. “There’s no point in sugaring the pill.” – The Times (£)

Corbyn and McDonnell accused of being ‘in denial’ over immigration – Daily Mail

Steve Hilton: Brexit will give power back to the British people

“The failure to understand or appreciate the “Take Control” argument, to dismiss it as “airy-fairy conceptual nonsense”, to miss the point that it’s the basis of all the arguments about the economy, immigration and other highly practical concerns, is the reason the Remain campaign is losing. By attacking the idea of taking control, the already insular ruling elite in the political parties, big business and the international technocracy give people the impression of zooming even further into orbit: focused on protecting themselves, their careers and their way of life; frightened of giving power to people.” – The Times (£)

When it comes to the single market, you don’t need to be in it to win it – Boris Johnson, Daily Telegraph

Remain:

Sacrificing influence and control is not a price worth paying – Andrew Tyrie, The Times (£)

We’re just ten days from making the most horrible mistake on Europe – Matthew d’Ancona, The Guardian

“Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has called for President Barack Obama to step down from his position after not linking the Orlando nightclub terror attack to ‘Radical Islam’…Trump’s comments come after 50 people were killed in a shooting at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida, early Sunday morning, marking the most deadly mass shooting in US history.” – Daily Mail

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